The third room

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The third room
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  UK 75 09/04/1999 (1 week)

The third room is a techno project by the Göttingen- based producer Andreas Krüger .

Emergence

After Andreas Krüger presented Sven Väth with a demo tape at a techno party in the early 1990s , he quickly signed a contract with Harthouse's record label . When Harthouse filed for bankruptcy in 1997, The Third Room moved to the record multinational Virgin . In 2005 he finally came to the independent label Resopal Schallware .

description

Stylistically, has the third space changed over time to lose its distinctiveness without however. Often used elements are emphatically short snare drums, complex hi-hat structures on eighth and sixteenth notes, distinctive bass lines, a multitude of small rhythm variations, creaking noises and the use of a long flanger effect. Based on this foundation, Krüger constructs music that primarily consists of unusual sounds and tones.

Influences from progressive techno , acid , goa and trance dominated the debut album . The individual tracks had long running times (up to over 10 minutes) and contained some psychedelic-melodic elements. With the Elektro Disco EP , the music became a little less harmonious, but more hypnotic and technoid. The style was refined and developed up to the album Raumgleiter (1998), then followed with the album Distance, a clear change in style towards many playful electronic elements. With Klubraum a return to the progressive club techno sound followed.

Live performances

Live performance in 2006

The third room has become famous within the techno scene above all through the live performances (live acts ) that Krüger does together with Ralf Uhrlandt . In contrast to many other formations of this music genre, Krüger and Uhrlandt directly influence the raw data, which is sent from the two Apple laptops as audio data to the mixer or as MIDI data to the various synthesizers. As with a “conventional” band, every performance is different and improvisation is an important part. They have been repeatedly recognized as one of the best German live acts by various scene magazines.

Studio

Krüger works alone in the studio. His preferred devices are analog synthesizers and modular systems (such as the "A-100" from Doepfer ). In addition to the project The Third Room , Andreas Krüger also produced at times under other pseudonyms, e.g. B. as Dr. DNA , Plastic + Elastic , The Star of Africa or Perpetuum Mobile .

Discography

Albums

  • 1994: Mental Modulator
  • 1994: Dr. DNA - heliomorph
  • 1996: wave pool
  • 1998: Space glider
  • 2000: distance
  • 2003: Clubroom ( Un-CD )
  • 2003: Dr. DNA - Research & Development
  • 2005: The little Korg and the Echo
  • 2010: Rosa Rausch
  • 2013: Orient
  • 2015: Aydszieyalaidnem
  • 2016: Electric Friends

EPs

  • 1993: Dr. DNA - Animalution
  • 1995: Electro disco
  • 1996: Perpetuum Mobile - For Sanne
  • 1996: Plastics & Elastics
  • 1997: Plaste & Elaste - Vol. 2

Singles

  • 1995: Montiee
  • 1995: Deep Sea
  • 1996: use
  • 1996: Rmx drum machine
  • 1996: Alienoid Rmx
  • 1998: Hale Bopp (sales were discontinued after a few weeks because the copyright for all publications with the title " Hale Bopp " has been granted)
  • 1998: Polarstern / drum machine
  • 1998: Polarstern Rmx (incl. Hale Bopp)
  • 2000: The pacemaker
  • 2000: I'd rather dance rumba
  • 2003: Tantz punch / ruts
  • 2003: piecework / drill
  • 2003: Dr. DNA - metal base
  • 2004: Dr. DNA - The Missing Vinyl
  • 2005: double / sick
  • 2006: Chido Wey Rmx
  • 2006: Double Rmx
  • 2006: rubber ball
  • 2007: plutonium
  • 2008: seven
  • 2008: Swing Bop
  • 2010: Rosa Rausch
  • 2011: Swing Bop Rmx
  • 2012: two-stroke

Remixes

  • 1996: Cygnus X : Hypermetrical (The Third Room Remix)
  • 1996: Man of the last Third: Evolution of X (The Third Room Remix)
  • 1997: The Moon and the Sun (The Third Room Remix)
  • 1997: Lava: Din (The Third Room Remix)
  • 1997: X-Dream: Radiohead (The Third Room Remix)
  • 1997: Greenman: Discordia (The Third Room Remix)
  • 1998: Ramin: Brainticket (The Third Room Remix)
  • 1999: Chant: Sweet Image (The Third Room Remix)
  • 1999: Modus 1: Partie de Systems (The Third Room Remix)
  • 1999: Veracocha : Carte Blanche (The Third Room Remix)
  • 1999: Camouflage : Thief (The Third Room Remix)
  • 2000: Resistance D : Feel so high (The Third Room Remix)
  • 2000: Vorsprung durch Technik: Viscospace (The Third Room Remix)
  • 2000: Intact Instinct: Chicago Coin Cinema (The Third Room Remix)
  • 2000: Index ID: Reise (The Third Room Remix)
  • 2001: Transform: Transformation (Transition D3R Remix)
  • 2001: Greenman: Go back (The Third Room Remix)
  • 2002: Charasmatix: Society FX (The Third Room Remix)
  • 2003: Iconesque: Black Pearl (The Third Room Remix)
  • 2003: Telemen: Angels of Mercy (The Third Room Remix)
  • 2008: Fenin: Breakin (The Third Room Remix)
  • 2008: Topcats: Esmeralda (The Third Room Remix)

Awards

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chart sources: UK

Web links

Commons : The Third Room  - collection of images, videos and audio files